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Feantsa Praha 17-18.03.2006 Update on Polish
Developments in Homlessness Data Colection
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• National Discussion on Homeless Services
  Standardisation Ministry of Social Affairs,
  CARITAS
• Conferences, seminars etc.
• Working group
• Document (project)
• Publication
• Public debate
• Connections with ETHOS
• 2. Discussions on ETHOS (national and regional)
• Conferences, meetings, seminars (JWPO)
• University of Gdansk workshops on ETHOS
• Researches (Counts, Trends, Profile)
• Publications (POMOST, Homelessness and
  Unemployment Unemployment What to do?)
• New translation

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• 3. Few new studies on homelessness
• St. Brothers Alberta Aid Society (WNP EFS/EQUAL)
• Dr M.Duda
• WRZOS
• 4. Statistical Office in Poland
• Urban Audit in Poland

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• 5. Sociodemographic Portrayal of the Population
  of the Homeless in the Pomeranian Region a
  survey
• 9 December 2005
• 500 people were involved
• 2 753 were count in whole Pomeranian Province
  (year 2001 2144 2003 2384)
• Counts and trends (aging, disabled, addictions,
  unemployment)
• Institutions (shelters, night shelters, hostels,
  homes for homeless, supported accommodation for
  homeless)
• Non habitable places (rough sleeping private
  places eg. Roof of the building) and Warming
  centres
• Prisons
• Hospitals and medical centres
• Sobering chambers
• Garden plot

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• Typology (adults)
• Institutional Homelessness 60,9
• Institution for homeless (ETHOS 3, 4, 7) 53,3
• Prisons (ETHOS 6) 3,3
• Hospitals, medical, sobering chambers (ETHOS 6)
  4,2
• Non institutional Homelessness 39,1
• People living rough, Warming centres, private
  places (ETHOS 1, 2) 22,8
• Garden Plots (ETHOS 1, 8, 11, 12) 16,3

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• Future perspective
• Survey 2007
• Summer June 2007
• Winter December 2007
• 2. Survey 2007 winter
• Whole Pomeranian Province
• Few Big Towns in Poland (maybe Krakow, Poznan,
  Wroclaw, Kielce, Lodz)
• National cooperation

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• 6. Psycho-social profile of homeless person in
  Tricity (Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot)
• Pilot February March 2006
• Normal survey April/May 2006
• About 200 homeless people
• Places Institutions (33), Garden lots (33),
  Rough sleepers (33)
• Women 50 - till 43 (50) after 43 (50)
• Men 50 - till 50 (50) after 50 (50)
• Method Interview Questionnaire (2 hours) and
  Interview (1,5 h)
• Fazes of Homelessness based on ETHOS
• Areas psychological and social

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• Fazes of Homelessness based on ETHOS
• History of homelessness
• Which faze were most difficult?,
• When you have felt that you are homeless (which
  faze)?

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• Fazes of Homelessness (psychological and social
  impact)
• Temporary accommodation with friends, family -
  8.1
• Supported accommodation/ own accommodation 7
• Shelter, Nightshelter 24 hours 3, 4,
• Nightshelter, Warming Centres only for night 2
• Prison 6.1
• Hospital 6.2
• Living under a threat of violence - 10
• Living in public non habitable places rough
  sleeping - 1
• Living in private non habitable places but in
  normal standards (water, heat, roof, electricity)
  - garden plots, garages, no ones buildings,
  temporary structures, roofs etc. 11, 12, 8
• Living in private non habitable places without
  housing standards (water, elecricity, heat, roof)
  - garden plots, garages, no ones buildings,
  temporary structures, roofs etc. 1, 8, 11, 12
• Others